تقِلُّare few رِمالُthe sands الأنْعُمَيْنِal-Anʿumayn وعالجٍand ʿAlij
تقِلُّ رِمالُ الأنْعُمَيْنِ وعالجٍ
إذاwhen طلْحةTalha الخيراتgood deeds عُدَّتْare counted صنايعُهْhis benefactions
إذا طلْحة الخيرات عُدَّتْ صنايعُهْ
The sands of al-Anʿumayn and ʿAlij seem few
The sands of An'amayn shift and change,
When the benefactions of Talha of Good Deeds are counted.
When the auspicious one's virtues are counted as skills.
طليقُcheerful المُحيَّاof countenance منْof مَعَدٍّMaʿadd كأنَّهُas though he were
طليقُ المُحيَّا منْ مَعَدٍّ كأنَّهُ
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle انتدىjoins the gathering صبحٌa dawn جلتهunveiled it مطالعُهْits rising-places
إذا ما انتدى صبحٌ جلته مطالعُهْ
Cheerful-faced, of Maʿadd, as though he were
Free is the eulogizer from any fault,
When he joins the gathering, a dawn unveiled at its rising.
When the dawn rises, its horizons unfold before him.
يَفِرُّflees الأذىharm والمحلُand dearth منfrom نفسthe very being جارهhis neighbor
يَفِرُّ الأذى والمحلُ من نفس جاره
إذاwhen عَرَّقتْhave stripped to the bone أحداثُهُhis misfortunes ومجاوعُهْand his spells of hunger
إذا عَرَّقتْ أحداثُهُ ومجاوعُهْ
Harm and dearth flee his neighbor's very being
He flees harm, and is far from injuring his neighbor,
When his misfortunes and spells of hunger have stripped him to the bone.
When his circumstances boil and his caldrons bubble.
حسامٌa sharp sword وطودٌand a towering mountain مُرهفٌkeen-edged عندalongside راجحٍweighty
حسامٌ وطودٌ مُرهفٌ عند راجحٍ
تُهابُis feared غِرارهُhis cutting edge وتُعْييand defy ascent فَوارعُهْhis towering peaks
تُهابُ غِرارهُ وتُعْيي فَوارعُهْ
A sword and a mountain: keen-edged and weighty;
A sword and a massive pillar at the hands of an arbiter -
His edge is feared, and his towering peaks defy ascent.
His threats are feared, his blades render helpless.
يخفُّhastens إلىto ضربstriking الجماجمskulls فيin الوغىbattle
يخفُّ إلى ضرب الجماجم في الوغى
ويرسوand stands firm إذاwhen ماemphatic particle الخطبadversity هاجتrage زعازعُهits gales
ويرسو إذا ما الخطب هاجت زعازعُه
He hastens to strike skulls in the fray,
He rushes into striking skulls in battle,
And stands firm when adversity's gales rage.
And steadies when tribulations stir up their storms.
ويسْتنُّand races فيin الجدوىgenerosity كماas استنraced عارضٌa rain cloud
ويسْتنُّ في الجدوى كما استن عارضٌ
تنوضُstir بأرْجاءalong the edges of الحَبيِّthe piled-up clouds لَوامِعُهْits lightning flashes
تنوضُ بأرْجاء الحَبيِّ لَوامِعُهْ
And races forth in bounty as a rain cloud races,
He is steadfast in peril, as a warrior stood fast,
Its lightning flashes leaping along the edges of the piled-up clouds.
Whose spears gleam in the lowlands.
أغَرُّradiant عليهupon him عَبْقَةٌa fragrance زَيْنَبيَّةٌof Zaynab
أغَرُّ عليه عَبْقَةٌ زَيْنَبيَّةٌ
لهاit has أرجٌa fragrant scent فيin الحيِّthe tribe يَفْغَمُfills the nostrils رادعُهits fragrant trace
لها أرجٌ في الحيِّ يَفْغَمُ رادعُه
Radiant, with a fragrance of Zaynab upon him,
Upon him rests a Zainabia scent,
Its scent pervades the tribe; its fragrant trace fills the nostrils.
With a bouquet that overwhelms the living with its fragrance.
تضوعُwafts بمعْسولِfrom one honey-sweet الشَّمائلِin disposition ماجدٍnoble
تضوعُ بمعْسولِ الشَّمائلِ ماجدٍ
دقاقٌsubtle معانيهhis qualities ضِخامٌimmense دَسائعُهْhis generous gifts
دقاقٌ معانيه ضِخامٌ دَسائعُهْ
It wafts from a noble man of honey-sweet disposition,
She glows with the sweet traits of the glorious Majid,
His qualities subtle, his gifts immense.
Whose meanings are delicate, whose gifts are plentiful.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.